Pants.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

G. M. THERRE.

PANTS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.14. 1905.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

GEORGE M. TIIERRE, OF SYRACUSE, NEVY YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS A. MCCARTHY, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

PANTS.

trousers to` slip down. In turning u Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed October 14,1905. Serial No. 232,740.

T0 tI/ whom it rmty/ concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. THEREE,

`of Syracuse, in the county of Ononda a, in

accom an in drawings is a full clear and b 7 exact escription.

The object of this invention is to provide trousers which shall have the bottom portions of its legs present the same external surface and neatly-bound edges when turned up on the exterior of the trousers as well as when in their plain turned-down condition; and to that end the invention consists ofA a trousers-leg havin its bottom portion formed with an linward old, the lower portion of whichis fastened to the interior of tletrousers and the upperI portion of said fold loose to ro 'ect below the fastened portion of said fol w en the fold is reversed and turned up on the exterior of the trousers, as hereinafter more fully explained, and illustratedin'the aecomp anying drawings, in which" Figures 1 and 2 are vertical transverse sections of the bottom portion of a trousers-leg embodying vmy invention and showing it in its plain turned-down condition and in its shape resented when turned up on the exterior o the trousers, and Fig. is a vertical transverse section showing the usual construction of the said portion of a trousers-leg.

a denotes the bottom portion of a trousersleg, the edge a/ of Whichis usually reinforced and bound by means of aportion ai of the cloth folded onto the interior -of the trousers and fastened thereto across the entire width of said'folded portion, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In the Wearing of trousersl suplported on the person by a belt applied to t e waist of the trousers it often becomes necessary to turn up the bottom of the trousers-legs owing to the insecure hold of the belt, allowing the trousers-le s as usually made it is foun that thelinishe and bound edge a/thereof is presented at the top of the folded ortion a2, and the usual unfinished and rou edge a3 is ex posed on the exterior of t e trousers, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. A part of the inner surfaceof the cloth of the trousers is thus resented on the exterior below the rough e ge a3, as shown at a4. The result is that the bottom of the trousers-legs are the marred in appearance. This defect I 0bvi ate by my invention, which consists in forming the bottom portion of the trousers-leg i with a wide inward fold b, the lower portion b of which is fastened'usually by means of rubber-cement to the interior of the trousers, as shown in Fig. 1. A strip of thin fabric lining c is preferably inserted between the fold b and'inner surface of the cloth and ce mented to the said fold.

The upper portion b2 of the fold b is left loose from the cloth of the trousers,so that when the bottom portion of the trousers-leg is turned up on the exterior thereof, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the loose finished and bound portion b2 is caused to pro'ect below the fastened portion b of the fold b, as shown in said figure and indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that by my invention I provide the trousers-leg with a seamless cuff consisting of an extension of the cloth of the leg, which extension is foldable inwardly and fastened to the inner side of the leg fromthe bottom. of the fold. part way toward the top thereof and foldable outwardly at the upper edge of the aforesaid fastening onto the exterior of the leg and projecting with the free edge of the cuff below the f l thus causing the bottom of the trousers-leg to (present a' neat a pearanee in either its turne up or its lturner down and plain condition.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A trousers-leg having 'ts bottom portion formedV with an inward fold, the lower portion of which is fastened to the interior of the trousers and the upper portion of said fold being loose to roject below the fastened portion of said fol when saidfold is reversed 'and turned up on the exterior of the trousers as set forth and shown.

2. A trousers-leg provided with a seamless cuff consisting of an extension of the cloth of the leg, said" extension being foldable inwardly and fastened to the inner side of the leg from the bottom of the fold art way toward the top thereof, and foldablle outwardly at the upper edge of the aforesaid fastening onto the exterior of the leg and projecting IOO IOS 

